Moorehead Rides Again! is a 1940s-1950s detective drama radio show first introduced in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, later shown as an animated television show in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.
Description[]
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the show is rerun on VCPR (set in 1984). VCPR hosts Michelle Montanius and Jonathan Freeloader state that the show is returning after 32 years, suggesting it was cancelled in 1952. Feminist Michaela Carapadis criticizes the show, whilst the show's announcer (voiced by J.R. Horne) calls the show's protagonist Gordan Mooreland, Gerald Moorehead, George Moorecock and Jeremy Moorehead.
The show returns in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online on the CNT network, in the form of an animated show from the CNT archives.
In the Heists update for Grand Theft Auto Online, a plastic mask of the titular character, Gordon Moorehead, has been added.
The show has three main characters: detective Gordon Moorehead (also called George Moorehead), his assistant Molly Malmstein and their Hispanic companion Pablo, as well as the Chief, the police chief of the Vice City Police Department.
Official Sponsors[]
- Friendly Napalm (formerly)
- Los Santos Affordable Homes
- Redwood Cigarettes
Influence[]
The program is likely a parody of radio (and later television) detective programs popular in the 1940s and 1950s, such as Dragnet and Dick Tracy, which often had "special offers" marketed towards children.
The Bald Eagle Broadcasting logo resembles the Republic Pictures logo, who produced the original run of live-action Dick Tracy serials in the 1930s.
Episodes[]
Moorehead and Malmstein search for the missing fisherman Pete Banbury, who they believe to be in the city's swamps. They locate his daughter, Lily, who Moorehead kills due to his fears that, without a father, she would become a prostitute, although her father later states she wanted to be a teacher. Moorehead and Malmstein meet the Chief, who is initially reluctant to allow them to continue their investigation but relents, stating that Moorehead can kill whoever he thinks is necessary. The two meet Pablo and split up, with Moorehead staying with Pablo whilst Malmstein goes through the swamp in search of Pete Banbury. She eventually locates him, informing him of his daughter's death. Pete, distraught, begins to cry and Malmstein questions his masculinity and claims he is tearing at her clothes, calling out to Moorehead. Moorehead then kills Pete with napalm for organizing a prostitution ring and holding back real estate. At the end of the episode, Malmstein's breasts explode for no reason other than give the title of the episode some context.
Gordon and Molly are now working in Los Santos after moving out of Vice City. As Gordon reminisces about the time he spent with Pablo, the chief appears (along with the Redwood Redskin) and informs Gordon that the Soviets are infiltrating America by using the movie industry to spread communist propaganda. After agreeing to stop the Soviets, the four of them smoke on the redskin's "peace pipe". After smoking on the "peace pipe," Gordon and the trio go into a bar where Gordon unknowingly meets one of the Soviets, named Igor Pablovich, and calls him a "Real American" and drinks at the bar (a vintage Redwood Cigarettes commercial plays after this). After Gordon has some gin, he and Molly disguised themselves as Redwood Native Americans, alongside with the Redwood Redskin, and they make their way to the movie studio where Gordon asks the security guard (who is a Nazi) where the manager is. The guard responds by saying he hates "them" (the Soviets) so much and becomes angry. The guard tells them that he heard that the "filthy socialists" often meet in the writers' room. The trio then confront the manager: Mr. Zelder, who claims he has nothing to do with the Soviets and instructs Gordon to go to the writers' room where all the films are being made. When Gordon enters the writers' room, he catches Igor and the Soviets in the act making communist propaganda. The leader of the group tries to get away but Pablo, who was hiding behind a wall, trips him and both he and Gordon explodes the Soviets with napalm, just like they did in the old days. The ending shows the five of them celebrating in Gordon's office and smoking a pack of Redwoods.
Transcripts[]
Cast[]
| Character | Description | Image |
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| Gordon Moorehead | A politically incorrect detective who reinforces the "stereotypical man" of the 1950s, as he hates communists, believes all foreigners are "uncivilized", is incredibly misogynist, and reaches conclusions based on very little evidence. He is voiced by Lloyd Floyd. | 
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| Molly Malmstein | Molly is Gordon's assistant. She has little intelligence and is a stereotype of the fragile woman. She is voiced by Jen Cohn. | 
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| Pablo | A Mexican stereotype character who is always offering tortilla chips and tequila to solve the problem. He is voiced by Lloyd Floyd. | 
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| Chief | A clichéd police chief. He is voiced by Jeff Steitzer[ref?]. | 
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| Pete Banbury | A fisherman and father of Lily Banbury. He is voiced by Jeff Steitzer. | N/A |
| Lily Banbury | Daughter of Pete Banbury. | N/A |
| Redwood Redskin | The mascot of Redwood Cigarettes. He is a literally red-skinned Native American. | 
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| Igor "Pablo" Pablovich | The main antagonist of the episode who is a communist. He is voiced by Adam Sietz. | 
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| Boss Zelder | A fat cat working for the entertainment industry. He is accused by Gordon for being a communist and "running a propaganda operation trying to turn the country into weak-minded, overly considered Lenin lovers." | 
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| Lenny the Maintenance Guy | The maintenance guy for Mr. Zelder. He is an obvious and comical caricature of the first leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin. | 
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Trivia[]
- Several portions of the episode appearing in Grand Theft Auto V uses sound clips from L.A. Noire:
- In the beginning segment of "Moorehead and the Soviet Tit Wank", a police siren can be heard; this is the same siren that police cars in L.A. Noire have.
- In the same episode, the newspaper boy who says "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" has the same voice as a non-playable newspaper boy in L.A. Noire. This boy can be found on the south side of MacArthur Park.